I think that, if you ask the Prize organisers, you’ll find that they want to promote poetry, and are using the prize to get attention. Some writers get some money out of it, which is no bad thing, and we publishers get some attention for our books. It’s depressing that it takes a prize announcement for the press to get interested in poetry, but if that’s what it takes, well, it’s ok by me. In some bigger prizes, commercial outfits get some glitter and kudos by being associated with Literature (Costa & Man-Booker awards), plus publicity that’s worth having. In the poverty-stricken poetry world, however, a little goes a long way.
Tony
> On 9 Oct 2015, at 16:48, David Lace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> So are prizes really only about this sort of thing?
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> Tony Frazer wrote:
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> The way I see it, Peter and Shearsman both benefitted from the exposure and I can hardly have a problem with that.
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